{"id":2290544,"date":"2024-07-08T13:41:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T17:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gops-surrender-on-abortion-leaves-pro-life-voters-out-to-dry\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T13:44:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T17:44:25","slug":"gops-surrender-on-abortion-leaves-pro-life-voters-out-to-dry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gops-surrender-on-abortion-leaves-pro-life-voters-out-to-dry\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP&#8217;s Surrender On Abortion Leaves Pro-Life Voters Out To Dry"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgops-surrender-on-abortion-leaves-pro-life-voters-out-to-dry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2290544&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses \u200chow some top Republicans \u2062are compromising their pro-life values in favor of winning political \u200bfavor. The Trump\u2064 campaign has worked to weaken the GOP&#8217;s pro-life platform, allowing for more leniency on abortion.\u2062 This decision \u2064has drawn criticism from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-remember-the-48th-annual-march-for-life\/\" title=\"Americans remember the 48th annual March for Life\">pro-life advocates<\/a>,\u200b as well as voters who\u2063 value the party&#8217;s commitment to life. Some Republican \u200dsenators,\u2064 such as Marco Rubio and \u200cJ.D. Vance, have openly supported these changes, further alienating \u200cpro-life voters. The\u200c article argues that sacrificing \u200dpro-life beliefs for political gain is a misguided strategy that could backfire in crucial election years. \u2064Ultimately, the piece questions the wisdom of abandoning pro-life \u200dprinciples in pursuit of electoral\u2062 success.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>There is a growing coalition of top Republicans who believe endorsing the brutal dismemberment and murder of unborn babies using methods that undoubtedly harm women will win them favors at the ballot box come November. Their false sense of security, which only comes by pretending to take an ill-named \u201cmoderate\u201d stance on ending life in the womb, however, does nothing but eat away at their base and what\u2019s left of our nation\u2019s morality.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign worked hard, as The Federalist\u2019s Logan Washburn recently reported, to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/03\/delegate-trump-campaign-to-gut-pro-life-platform-provisions-and-make-abortion-a-state-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cgut\u201d<\/a> the GOP\u2019s pro-life provisions. The move \u2014 which effectively resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/07\/08\/trump-abortion-republican-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a platform<\/a> that ditches the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MaryMargOlohan\/status\/1810341876287078619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thorough pro-life promises<\/a> of yesteryear in favor of okaying <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jonah_wendt\/status\/1810337955359150214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">99 percent of abortions<\/a> under the guise of a hands-off \u201cstate issue\u201d approach \u2014 is fairly unsurprising given Trump\u2019s transactional track record on abortion thus far.<\/p>\n<p>What is surprising, however, is how quickly seemingly pro-life Republicans rushed to support the themes of the Trump proposal without blinking an eye about <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/16\/poll-majority-of-americans-still-reject-democrats-unlimited-abortion-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voters\u2019 explicit wishes<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio suggested to CNN\u2019s Dana Bash over the weekend that where the GOP stands on life should instead \u201creflect our nominee.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>On abortion, Marco Rubio tells Dana Bash, \u201cI think our platform has to reflect our nominee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the contrary, the Republican Party platform should reflect the values of its voters and their enduring political positions. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what grassroots means.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qGpKA3mOX9\">pic.twitter.com\/qGpKA3mOX9<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Rev. Ben Johnson (@TheRightsWriter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRightsWriter\/status\/1810081616426836313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sen. J.D. Vance added to the dogpile on Sunday when he offered a full-fledged endorsement of mifepristone because the U.S. Supreme Court used procedural grounds to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/17\/what-the-supreme-courts-abortion-pill-ruling-means-for-the-future-of-mifepristone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismiss<\/a> a pro-life challenge to it last month. The drug, which is responsible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/article\/2022\/02\/medication-abortion-now-accounts-more-half-all-us-abortions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than half<\/a> of the nation\u2019s abortions, is also <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/public-health-threat-chemical-abortion-leads-to-significantly-higher-rate-of-er-visits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dangerous<\/a> to mothers and in some cases, <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33939340\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fatal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s important to say that we actually have to have an important conversation in this country about what our abortion policy should be,\u201d Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bJjecl1ermY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> on NBC News\u2019 \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d \u201cTrump is the pragmatic leader here. He is saying most abortion policy is going to be decided by the states.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>GOP cowardice on life in the womb is nothing new. The blatant surrender of the pro-life values held by a strong majority of the Republican base, however, is still just as unacceptable as it was in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt that it was much easier for politicians to pretend they were pro-life prior to the 2022 <em>Dobbs v. Jackson<\/em> ruling because <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> had earned itself a reputation for tying the hands of elected officials who tried to limit baby killing.<\/p>\n<p>Now that <em>Roe<\/em> is dead and gone, the Republicans who hid their inactivity behind its facade while attempting to win over a the pro-life base are ditching that same base to conform to a formal platform that was unnecessarily tampered with to appease Democrat lies.<\/p>\n<p>Pretending Republicans can only win elections by disavowing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-mike-pence-joins-the-heritage-foundation\/\" title=\"Former Vice President Mike Pence Joins The Heritage Foundation\">pro-life policies<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/18\/no-taking-pro-life-stances-doesnt-harm-republican-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a false dichotomy<\/a> that Democrats and media have touted for years with hopes of scaring their political opponents into silence about unborn babies. Yet, some of the GOPers revered as the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/20\/rubio-gives-masterclass-on-parrying-media-hacks-dishonest-election-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most skilled <\/a>at schooling the propaganda press have adopted the same rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Sacrificing pro-life policies on the altar of winning elections isn\u2019t the victory strategy politicians like Vance and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-where-are-the-adults-ted-cruz-to-release-video-highlighting-recent-failures-under-biden\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: \u2018Where Are The Adults?\u2019 \u2014 Ted Cruz To Release Video Highlighting Recent Failures Under Biden\">corrupt corporate media claim<\/a> it is. In fact, stiffing the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/megbasham\/status\/1810161240733352302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">evangelical<\/a>, pro-life voters whose enthusiasm at the polls put people like Trump, Rubio, and Vance into office in the first place is a dangerous game to play in a close and crucial election year. <\/p>\n<p>Republicans\u2019 hesitancy to full-send on pro-life policies would be more understandable if they were doing their best to support pragmatic policies (like <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/16\/poll-majority-of-americans-still-reject-democrats-unlimited-abortion-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">popular 15-week limits<\/a> on abortion) that inch the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/06\/its-past-time-for-america-to-have-stronger-pro-life-laws-than-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">closer to civility<\/a>. After all, the American public is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/08\/look-how-even-democrat-opinion-shifts-on-abortion-laws-when-polls-stop-using-leftist-framing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">already far more pro-life<\/a> than politicians, media, and polls give it credit for.<\/p>\n<p>The attempt to eradicate the sanctity of life from GOP politics is a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1810313512129872323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">costly mistake<\/a> from the only party that still maintains a remote interest in preserving life, marriage, and family as institutions that lead to human flourishing.<\/p>\n<p>Endorsing brutal abortions that not only kill babies but wreak provable physical, mental, and emotional harm on women in the name of the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MaryMargOlohan\/status\/1810339877486997636\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14th Amendment<\/a> isn\u2019t simply morbidly ironic. It creates a self-fulfilling prophecy that risks changing the culture and voters\u2019 minds in favor of the radical abortion policy touted by Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>GOP support for weakness on abortion also means millions more babies and women will suffer with the blessing of a party that chose the allure of the unpromised ballot box over their moral and constitutional duty to protect every human\u2019s natural right to life.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a growing group of top Republicans who believe that supporting the brutal dismemberment and murder of unborn babies, which also harms women, will help them win votes in the upcoming election. This false sense of security, achieved by taking a moderate stance on abortion, is eroding their base and the nation&#8217;s morality. The Trump campaign worked to remove pro-life provisions from the GOP platform, allowing for 99% of abortions under the guise of a state issue. Some Republicans, like Marco Rubio and J.D. Vance, have quickly supported this shift without considering the wishes of voters. This abandonment of pro-life values is unacceptable, especially now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned. Sacrificing pro-life policies to win elections is not a winning strategy and risks alienating the pro-life base that helped these politicians get elected. The Republican Party should be supporting pragmatic policies that align with the majority of Americans who are pro-life. Endorsing brutal abortions in the name of the 14th Amendment is not only ironic but also risks changing the culture and voters&#8217; opinions on abortion. This weak stance on abortion will lead to more suffering for babies and women, all for the sake of political gain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2290545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-08-at-9.57.19-AM-e1720450861842-1024x577.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4310,6203,8347,18671],"class_list":["post-2290544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abortion","tag-gop","tag-pro-life","tag-surrender"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-08-at-9.57.19-AM-e1720450861842-1024x577.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}